Thursday, December 21, 2017

The Aachen Christmas Market and Cathedral

So, last week I shared our Friday stint at the Christmas market and St. Servatius Basilica in Maastricht, which is way down at the "bottom" of the Netherlands before you cross the border into Belgium (west) or Germany (east). That was on Friday, 8 December.

See the 3 red dots?

Our hotel was in Kerkrade, NL, a good home-base between Maastricht and Aachen over 4 days.

The thin gray, jiggly line is the borderline between three countries:

Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.

Saturday, 9 December, was our Aachen, Germany, day but first...
we decided to see the 3-country point, the highest elevation spot in the Netherlands (large blue dot).

It so happens that we when got to Vaals, 17 km from our hotel, we saw this Euregio tower,

assuming it was the only spot for viewing the 3 countries.

It was worth paying the money to ride the elevator to the top (353.5 meters).

Just wonderful! Aachen is one of those places I have always wanted to see. You fail to mention it was Charlemagne’s seat. Even from the perimeter, I’d like to visit. As to the Xmas villages, I’m forever a child.

I'd love to go visit the cathedral again, Ted, at a less hectic time of the year...to take my time! Sometimes there is so much to share about these places and I'm cognizant of those who don't want to read it all. So I add the links for people, like you, who may want to check it out further.

my mother used to do ceramics, and she used to paint a Christmas house for her German village every year... lots of detail... but she was good at it... lovely market, and say, do you think that was a CATHOLIC church? lol snarfle

Astrid's mom also did many decorative things, like Pennsylvania Dutch tole designs. We have her artwork all over the house and I love it. And yes, it doesn't take much tell which are the CATHOLIC churches. Seriously.

What a day and what a fun day it was. I am glad I remembered the thing about the three countries coming together. Aachen was just wonderful, the cathedral was fabulous, a little too crowded for my liking and I would not mind going back one day. The Christmas market was like how a Christmas market should be. Lots of wonderful things to see. I love how your pictures show all the lights like stars..... beautiful pictures to add to another memory of 2017. A few more days and it is New Year, lots of opportunities to make new memories. IHVJ.

This is the time of the year when we look back and are amazed at all that happened in the span of just one year. It really does blow the mind. I'm just glad and lucky to have YOU as my Partner in Crime all along the way. THANK YOU!

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